Press release

Tue, May 28th 2013 03:45 pm

Soprano
prodigy to perform classical and pop favorites

Known
for her flawless soprano voice that floored judges and audiences on
the hit TV show "America's Got Talent," 13-year-old Jackie
Evancho will perform for one night only at Artpark's Mainstage
Theater on June 28 at 8 p.m. Tickets, ranging from $55-$75, go on
sale this Friday, May 31, at 10 a.m.

Pittsburgh's
Evancho, with a stunning voice, finished second on her season of
"America's Got Talent." That launched her singing career, as
she soon signed with Columbia Records shortly thereafter.

"She
is a prodigy; they break the rules by definition," wrote music
critic Andrew Duckenbrod in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette after seeing
a then-11-year-old perform to a sold-out crowd in her hometown in
October 2011. "(Her) voice mesmerizes. She has become one of the
performers who has been defining the 'crossover classic' category of
singers - those who are equally comfortable with Puccini or pop."

In
a little more than two years, Evancho's unique soprano voice has won
her millions of fans, and her recordings have dominated the music and
DVD charts. Now 13, she has garnered the support of legendary music
producers such as David Foster and filmmakers including Robert
Redford. Billboard Magazine named Evancho to its list of music
movers-and-shakers under the age of 21 in 2011 and again in 2012,
because the soprano's "spellbinding, operatic vocals possess a
power and poignancy that often moves listeners multiple times her age
to tears."

Tickets
can be purchased in person at the Artpark Box Office (Monday-Saturday
10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.), by phone at
716-754-4375 or 1-888-223-6000, or online at www.artpark.net
and tickets.com.
For more information, visit www.artpark.net.